Legality
6-APB legal status by country
Also known as: benzofury
Countries where the legal status of 6-APB has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for 6-APB in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and no benzofuran is. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The terms...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 193 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaControlled federally by name in the Criminal Code Regulations; its Poisons Standard placement is by class and...
- AustriaControlled in Austria under the new psychoactive substances regime, and not as a narcotic or a psychotrope....
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainNot a controlled drug on the text read. 6-APB is not named in any of the twelve tables annexed to Bahrain's...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- Belarus6-APB is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11 февраля...
- Belgium6-APB is controlled in Belgium, but not by being named. It is reached by the generic definition in Annex IVA...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. 6-APB is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- Canada6-APB is controlled in Canada, caught as an analogue of MDA under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- China6-APB is a controlled substance in China, individually named on the supplementary controlled-NPS list...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. 6-APB is not named in the Popis...
- Czechia6-APB is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. No benzofuran compound of any kind is named in the Categorías. The benzodioxole ring of the...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the first section of Egypt's Table 1, by group and not by name. «الجدول...
- Estonia6-APB is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. 6-APB is named on liste B nr. 56 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj 2026...
- FinlandControlled. 6-APB is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- France6-APB is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GermanyControlled narcotic. 6-APB is named in Anlage II of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, the schedule of substances...
- GreeceNot listed in the Greek narcotics tables. 6-APB is printed at no entry of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, Β, Γ or Δ in the...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 311 to 313 of the Código Penal. 6-APB, searched also as...
- HungaryControlled. 6-APB is not itself an entry. It is not named in the K1 or K2 jegyzék, in the P1 to P4 jegyzékek,...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "6-(2-aminopropyl)benzofuran", with "6-APB" in the...
- IndiaNo Indian placement was found for it: it is not named in the Act's Schedule (list of psychotropic...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- Iran6-APB has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqNot listed as at 22 September 2026. No benzofuran appears anywhere in the ten schedules. It is not named in...
- Ireland6-APB is prohibited in Ireland, not individually scheduled but covered by the blanket Criminal Justice...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «6-APB» as an operative...
- Japan6-APB is listed in Japan as a 指定薬物, a designated substance, under the pharmaceuticals Act, which allows it...
- JordanWhether 6-APB is currently scheduled under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitNot a controlled narcotic or psychotropic substance in Kuwait. 6-APB is in no table of Group 1 or Group 2 of...
- Latvia6-APB is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- Lithuania6-APB is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 does not name 6-APB on its own. It is reached through the...
- Malaysia6-APB is named nowhere in the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and nowhere in the Poisons Act...
- MaltaWhich Maltese ordinance governs 6-APB is not established. Malta runs two drug ordinances and a cell that...
- Mexico6-APB is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General de...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. 6-APB is in Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin...
- MyanmarNot listed in Myanmar's narcotic or psychotropic notifications. 6-APB was searched for across Notification...
- NetherlandsControlled through the substance group list rather than by name. 6-APB is not named in lijst I or lijst II.
- New ZealandControlled through the open analogue limb rather than by a schedule name. 6-APB, a benzofuran compound...
- OmanNot listed in the annex to the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through the list of nuevas sustancias psicoactivas...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «6-APB» is entry lp. 56 in group I-P of...
- PortugalControlled under the drug tables, not under the new psychoactive substances regime. 6-APB was removed from...
- Qatar6-APB is not named in Table 1, Table 2 or Table 4 of Law No. 9 of 1987, and it is on none of the three...
- Serbia6-APB is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak psihoaktivnih...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- Slovakia6-APB is not listed in the Slovak narcotic and psychotropic schedule. Act No. 139/1998 carries one closed...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names...
- SpainNot a controlled substance on the text read: 6-APB is not named in Anexo 1 or Anexo 2 of Real Decreto...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SurinameIllegal. 6-APB is on lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, through the Tabel III category...
- SwedenControlled. 6-APB is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries 6-APB in list e, where the entry reads „6-APB“....
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), reached as a bracketed...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. Item 57 of Перечень 2, psychotropic substances, of the National List approved by...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine as an especially dangerous psychotropic substance whose circulation is prohibited,...
- United Arab Emirates6-APB is named in the phenethylamines block of Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at item 25, subitem...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug through a generic definition. It is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of...
- United StatesNot listed in any federal schedule. Reached, if at all, only through the controlled substance analogue rule...
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Not individually verified
For these 155 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that 6-APB specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Hong Kong
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe